Clausen actually looked like a pro QB today

[Jangler]

He is better than Vick right now, so...

[Anybodyhome]

He needs to throw 50 of 50 for 2,000 yards and throw 10 td and run for 450 yards for anybody to be happy. what so hard to understand about that?

You left out, "... in the next 4 games..."

[replive]

EXCUSES, EXCUSES, EXCUSES, EXCUSES, EXCUSES, EXCUSES, EXCUSES, EXCUSES, EXCUSES continue for Clausen week after week. Sure he looked better this week. How in God's green earth could he look worse than last Sunday.

How many EXCUSES can people come up for with Clausen. He sux. He really, really sux. No amount of time is going to change that. If you believe he is magically going to become an NFL average QB, then you must live in some Wizard World.

you haven't been a fan of the nfl very long have you?

[blak-n-blu]

I like Jimmy and one day, he could be a good QB in the league. But right now, he's just playing scared. Scared to take chances, scared to make mistakes.

*Judgment on his play may be impaired due to poor o-line play.*

[Proudiddy]

As I've said before, I pull for whatever guy is in there, and despite the poor OL play, I lost confidence in Clausen the more I saw of him.

He looked better today, and if he shows he can be a winning QB in the NFL before the end of the season, or at least play like one (can't put Ws and Ls on him alone), then it would make things a lot easier for us going into next year.

Honestly though, I still haven't seen anything to suggest he'll be that guy. He made a few nice throws today, but he's still missing so many things that guys like Bradford or McCoy catch.

I've said so many times that Clausen doesn't let plays develop and looks to checkdown too quickly. By doing so, he's given up so many potential big plays. For example, in the 3rd Qtr today, the checkdown to Rosario that was incomplete on 3rd down. If he would've waited another tenth of a second, Smitty was wide open in the corner of the endzone.

And then again, on the last drive, Clowney waved like crazy to Clausen to hike the ball and hit him with it, as the DB had backed off of him... It most likely would've been another TD.

Starting NFL QBs make these reads and the right throw. Clausen doesn't, or hasn't yet. He made some better decisions, but he's still too quick to give up on a play and throw it away or checkdown. His completion % is still ridiculously low and he just isn't very impressive to this point.

[GoApps70]

Clausen is a typical example of drafting a QB that has never even won anything in college. Did he even take Notre Dame to a bowl game?

[robtrox0]

Hello?? rookies generally suck ass.. how many more times do people have to say this?

[Snake]

With such bad Oline play today he did well. Play calling is still crap though.

[Jangler]

Hello?? rookies generally suck ass.. how many more times do people have to say this?

tree fiddy

[GoApps70]

Hello?? rookies generally suck ass.. how many more times do people have to say this?

And how many examples could anyone give of some NFL QB's that didn't as you put it "suck ass"?

Quite a few.

[Davidson Deac II]

Clausen is a typical example of drafting a QB that has never even won anything in college. Did he even take Notre Dame to a bowl game?

Why on earth do you think that would possibly matter?

I could name a 100 qb's who won a lot in College, who never sniffed the pros.

John Elway never took Stanford to a bowl game.

[koolkatluke]

And how many examples could anyone give of some NFL QB's that didn't as you put it "suck ass"?

Quite a few.

Armanti sucks and will never be the starting QB here get over it.

[Ricky Spanish]

he still checks down too early for my liking, and yes the o-line is less than stellar this year, but there were plenty of plays where he had plenty of time but just got scared and dumped it off too early. he did look better today than he did in past games, but he is still getting waaaaaaay too many passes tipped at the line, and he scrambles way too much at unnecessary times.

[Davidson Deac II]

he still checks down too early for my liking, and yes the o-line is less than stellar this year, but there were plenty of plays where he had plenty of time but just got scared and dumped it off too early. he did look better today than he did in past games, but he is still getting waaaaaaay too many passes tipped at the line, and he scrambles way too much at unnecessary times.

Fwiw, I kind of got the impression that was by design. It seemed the coaches were going with more of a short passing game, like St Louis did against us. And if so, I thought it was a smart move. They did open it up a little more in the second half.